Common Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
- Class
- Reptile
- Family
- Kinosternidae
- Genus
- Sternotherus
- Also known as
- —
Common Musk Turtle research
169 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →
- American Alligator Food Habits in Northcentral Florida
Journal of Wildlife Management · 1986 · cited 154 times
- Drought-Related Responses of Aquatic Turtle Populations
Journal of Herpetology · 1983 · cited 125 times
- Biomass of Freshwater Turtles: A Geographic Comparison
The American Midland Naturalist · 1986 · cited 123 times
- Population Ecology and Life Histories of the Freshwater Turtles Chrysemys picta and Sternotherus odoratus in an Urban Lake
Herpetological Monographs · 1988 · cited 118 times
- Variation in Reproductive Characteristics of Aquatic Turtles
Copeia · 1982 · cited 114 times
- REGULATION OF VITELLOGENESIS IN REPTILES
2016 · cited 104 times
- Studies of Interspecific Predation within an Amphibian Community
Journal of Herpetology · 1975 · cited 91 times
- Patterns of Reproductive Allocation: Clutch and Egg Size Variation in Three Freshwater Turtles
Copeia · 2005 · cited 73 times
Common Musk Turtle natural history notes
Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.
Algal relationships
1983 · Herpetological Review 14(3): 76 · Read the note
Clutch size
John K. Tucker and James T. Lamer · 2005 · Herpetological Review 36(3): 314 · Read the note
Defensive behavior
2015 · Herpetological Review 46(3): 427–428 · Read the note
Diet
2018 · Herpetological Review 49(1): 110–111 · Read the note
Eric Munscher, Stephen Ross, and Chris Collins · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(1): 128–129 · Read the note
Entanglement
Josiah M. Johnson · 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(3): 455–456 · Read the note
Foraging and diet
Berkeley W. Boone, Amber Mooney, and James Murdock · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(1): 85 · Read the note
Habitat use
2020 · Herpetological Review 51(1): 115 · Read the note
Home range
2015 · Herpetological Review 46(2): 245–246 · Read the note
Homing behavior
Joseph C. Mitchell and Gerald R. Johnston · 2014 · Herpetological Review 45(2): 309 · Read the note
Morphology
2007 · Herpetological Review 38(3): 334 · Read the note
Mortality
1997 · Herpetological Review 28(2): 88 · Read the note
Nesting
2010 · Herpetological Review 41(4): 487–488 · Read the note
Penile prolapse
2025 · Herpetological Review 56(4): 432–433 · Read the note
Predation
Viviana Ricardez · 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(2): 324 · Read the note
Dale R. Jackson · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(4): 620–621 · Read the note
Rechelydra serpentina production
2003 · Herpetological Review 34(1): 58–59 · Read the note
Reproduction
1984 · Herpetological Review 15(2): 51 · Read the note
Reproductive output
2025 · Herpetological Review 56(3): 316–318 · Read the note
Sexual dimorphism
2018 · Herpetological Review 49(4): 733–734 · Read the note
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